Davenport-bed.



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PATBNTED JUNE 27, 1905.

R. GOOP-ERSMITH.

DAVENPORT BED.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 23. 1904.

llllllll Illlill Elli? witwnow No. 793,180 PATENTED JUNE 27, 1905.

R. COOPERSMITH.

DAVENPORT BED.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 23,1904.

3 SHEETS-SHBET 2.

No. 793,180. PATENTED JUNE 27, 1905. R. GOOPERSMITH.

DAVENPORT BED.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 23, 1904.

3 SHEETS-$11331 3.

NITED STATES Patented June 27, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

RUDOLPH COOIERSIVIITH, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- TIIIRI)TO CHARLES J. KIN DEL, OF S". LOUIS, MISSOURI.

DAVEN PORT-BE D.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 793,180, dated June 27,1905.

Application filed July 23, 1904. Serial No. 217,757.

To a, whom it may concern.-

. 3e it known that I, RUDOLPHOoornnsnrru, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of St. Louis, Missouri, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Davenport Beds, of which the following is aspecification containing a full, clear, and exact description, referencebeing had to the accompanying d rawings. forming a part hereof.

Hy invention relates to davenport-beds; and it consists of the novelfeatures herein shown, described, and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective of a davenport-bed embodyingthe principles of my invention and set up as a davenport, the seat beingpartially elevated to show the operation.Fig.Qisaperspectiveofthedavenport-bed shown in Fig. 1 made up for a bed,the .back of the davenport being stepped over from its vertical positionback of the seat to a horizontal position in front of the seat. Fig. 3is an end elevation of the mechanism for stepping the back from itsvertical to its horizontal position, the arm-rest of the davenport beingremoved. Figs. 4:, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 are views analogous to Fig. 3, thesupportingframe being entirely removed and the views being drawn for thepurpose of illustrating the operation of stepping the back from itsvertical to its horizontal position, as required to transform adavenport into a bed. Fig. 10 is a top plan view of one end of the(lavenportbed, parts being broken away to economize space and partsbeing broken away to show the construction. Fig. 11 is a view analogousto Fig. 10 and showing a modified construction. Fig. 12 is a detailillustrating the pivoted supporting-leg unfolded. Fig. 13 is a detailshowing the leg folded. Fig. 11 is a sectional detail on the line 14 14:of Fig. 10 and looking in the direction indicated by the arrow andshowing the seat-frame in its horizontal position. Fig. 15 is a viewanalogous to Fig. 1% and showing the seat-frame elevated. Fig. 16 is anenlarged detail of the step-over levers and their connections andlooking in the direction indicated by the arrow 16 in Fig. 17. Fig. 17is an elevation of the parts shown in Fig. 16 and looking in thedirection indicated by the arrow 17 in Fig. 16.

In davenport-beds most commonly in use it is necessary to move them outfrom the wall of a room to let down the back to a horizontal positionbehind the seat or to draw the scat forward part way and let the backdown behind it to partially project beyond the scatframe. In the presentinvention the necessity of moving the davenport away from the walleither in converting it into a bed or reconverting it into a settee isobviated by the special construction and arrangement of links which holdthe back in vertical position and also guide and direct it to ahorizontal position in front of the seat. In the present invention alsothe seat forming the cover of the bedding receptacle or box is easilyand readily swung up and tilted backward to give access to thereceptacle. This is provided for by the link-hinge of specialconstruction made as an article of manufacture and adapted to be readilyapplied to any bedding or other receptacle to which ready access isdesired without the necessity of moving it from the wall.

In the drawings the end pieces of the davenport are indicated by 24;,the box which forms the body portion thereof by 23, and its cover by 25,while 28 indicates the back of the davenport, which in the usualdavcnport forms a part of the bed when desired. The box 23, with the endpieces 21, constitute what maybe termed the seat-frame. The links, whichserve to hold the back 28 in vertical position and to direct it to itshorizontal position, consist of two bars, (indicated by 36,) which forconvenience will be termed vertical links, and two bars, (indicated by37,) which will be termed horizontal links. In the preferredconstruction each vertical link 36 is pivoted at one end to the end ofthe back near its upper edge by pivot 411 and at its other end to theadjacent end piece 2 1, near the rear of the seat, by pivot 39. Eachhorizontal link is connected at one end by pivot 38 to the end of theback near its lower edge, and at its other end it is connected by pivot10 to the adjacent end piece 24. The

pivots 38 and 11 preferably enter the ends of bars 35, which are screwedor otherwise attached to the end of the back. These bars are covered,preferably, by the upholstery. The pivots 39 and 10 are also preferablysecured to the ends of the bar 34, and these bars are screwed orotherwise secured to the inner faces of the end pieces 24. The links 36are preferably curved forward at their lower ends, and the links 37curve upwardly at their inner ends, as shown in Figs. 3 and 17, wherebysaid links are depressed beyond the surface of the cushions of the backand seat. In the preferred construction the links 37 are also placed atthe outside of the links 36, so that in. the vertical position of theback the pivots 38 will form stops for the links 36 and the pivots 39will form stops for the links 37. (See Figs. 16 and 17.) Other forms ofstops may be used for this purpose, if desired. By this location of thelinks 37 at the inside of links 36 another advantage is gained in thatwhen the davenport is in bed form the links 36 will rest upon the pivots40 to support the edge of the back next to the seat, and the links 37will clear the pivots 11 when the back is stepped over and laid inhorizontal position in front of the seat. The lengths of the links withrelation to one another and to their pivotal connections, whereby theback may be shifted, as above described, are best determined by placingthe back in the desired horizontal position and, having located thepivots upon the back and upon the seat-frame, substantially as shown,then making the links correspond with the distance between said pivots.In converting the davenport from its settee form, Fig. 3, into its bedform, Fig. 2, the links described raise said back from the rear of theseat-cushion, invert it, and place it in horizontal position in front ofthe seatcushion, said back assuming in transit the various attitudesillustrated in Figs. 4 to 9. To sustain the front edge of the back whenplaced in horizontal position, suitable legs, as 42, may be hinged inrecesses in the back and are pulled out from said recesses intopositions perpendicular to the back to rest upon the floor, as indicatedin Fig. 2. The back edge may be supported in the same way, butpreferably as above described. To reconvert the davenport to the form ofa settee, it is simply necessary to lift the back 28 by the forward edgeand push it backward, the links inverting it and guiding it to place invertical position at the rear of the seat, where it is held by themeeting of the links with the pivots 38 and 39 or with other stepssuitably placed for that purpose.

The end pieces 24: of the seat-frame may be omitted or made only highenough to simply support the box at a suitable distance from the floor.In that form the pivots 39 and 40 would be secured in the ends of thebox 27, as shown in Fig. 11.

I The link-hinges above referred to, by which the seat is connected withthe bedding-receptacle as its cover, each consists of a bar 30, securedto the end of the box in a line extending obliquely from the upper edgeof the box toward the lower rear corner thereof, Figs. 14 and 15, a bar31, about one-third as long, secured in a horizontal position at thelower edge of the end of the cover and near its rear side, a link 32,pivoted at its ends to the forward ends of the bars 30 and 31, andanother but shorter link 33, pivoted at its ends to the rear ends of thebars 30 and 31. The link 33 is at its upper end bowed toward. the frontof the box, so as to accommodate the back edge of the box when saidcover is lifted, as seen in Fig. 15. This avoids the necessity ofnotching the cover, and thereby providing an entrance for mice andmoths. By proportioning the bars and links as shown and described thecover in being lifted moves forward from the rear of the box and may betilted backward sufliciently to hold it in upright position whileplacing the bedding in or taking it from the box. The striking of theback edge of the cover against the curved portion of links 33 servesalso to limit the backward tilt of the cover in the event of its beinglifted when the davenport is in its bed form, and the passage of thepivot joining link 33 and bar 31 across the line connecting the pivotsat the other ends of said link and bar aids in maintaining the cover inthe tilted position.

Modifications in the form and proportions of parts from those shown anddescribed may be made without departing from this invention.

The invention claimed is 1. In a daven port-bed, the combination with arelatively fixed seat-frame and a movable back, of vertical linkspivoted to the back near the top thereof and to the seat-frame near itsrear, horizontal links pivoted to the back near the bottom thereof andto the seat-frame near its front, said links crossing one another andbeing of such lengths with relation to one another and to their pivotalconnections as to permit the back to take a horizontal position at thefront of the seat and a vertical position at the back of the seat, saidlinks also serving to direct the back from one of these positions to theother, substantially as set forth.

2. In adavenport-bed, the combination with the seat, end pieces andback, of a pair of vertical links one at each end of the davenport andeach pivoted to the end of the back near its cal links whereby the backis retained in vertical position, said links serving, in the conversionof the davenport into a bed, to raise the back from the rear of the seatand guide it into horizontal position in front of the seat, suitablesupports being provided for the back when in the horizontal position.

3. in a davenport-bed, the combination with the seat, end pieces andback, of a pair of vertical links curved forward at their lower endsthere being one at each end of the davenport pivoted to the end of theback near its upper edge and to the adjacent end piece near the rearedge of the seat, a pair of horizontal links curved upward at their rearends there being one at each end of the davenport and pivoted to theback near its lower edge and to the adjacent end piece near the frontedge of the seat, the pivots at the lower ends of the vertical linksforming stops for the horizontal links and the pivots at the rear endsof the horizontal links forming stops for the vertical links whereby theback is retained in a vertical position and the curves in said linksproviding for sinking them beyond the cushioned surfaces of the seat andback, said links serving in the conversion of the davenport into a bed,to raise the backup from the rear of the seat and guide it intohorizontal position in front of the seat, legs being hinged in recessesin the back to be swung out to support it when placed in the horizontalposition.

4. In a bed, the body portion of which consists mainly of a boX orbedding-receptacle having a hinged cover, the combination with the boxand cover of a link-hinge at each end thereof, each hinge consistingof abar secured to the end of the box in a line extending obliquely from theupper edge of the box toward the lower rear corner thereof, a bar aboutone-third as long as the other secured in a horizontal position to thelower edge of the end of the cover and near its rear side, a linkpivoted at its ends to the forward ends of said bars and another butshorter link having a 'forwardly-bowed upper end, for the purposespecilied, pivoted at its ends to the rear ends of said bars, the barsand links forming an irregular quzulrilateral such that when thebox-cover is raised the rear edge thereof will be moved forward and theraised cover allowed to tilt backward.

in testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification inpresence of two subscribing witnesses.

RUDOLPH COOPERSR I IT [-1.

\Vitnesses:

\V. l. ANmnsoa, ALFRED A. lCioks.

